20-2804 IVE Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual

Part # 20-2804 The BLS Provider Manual contains all the information students need to successfully complete the BLS Course. Designed for a single user, this text is ideal for use as a reference tool before and after the BLS Course.

Included with the BLS Provider Manual is the AHA’s BLS Reference Card (JN-1025).This is a convenient, quick reference tool that healthcare professionals can access during the BLS Course and in a variety of healthcare settings.

This paneled Reference Card includes:

• CAB/Critical Concepts
• Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers
• Opioid-Associated Emergency for Healthcare Providers Algorithm
• Adult Basic Life Support in Pregnancy for Healthcare Providers
• Pediatric Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers-Single Rescuer
• Pediatric Basic Life Support Algorithm for Healthcare Providers-2 or More Rescuers
• Summary of High-Quality CPR Components for BLS Providers
• Relief of Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction

Course Description:

The goal of the BLS Course is to train participants to save the lives of victims in cardiac arrest through high-quality CPR. The AHA designed the BLS Course to teach healthcare professionals how to perform high-quality CPR individually or as part of a team. BLS skills are applicable to any healthcare setting. BLS students will learn rescue techniques for adults, children, and infants.

Course Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing the BLS Course, students should be able to

• Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
• Describe all of the steps of the Chains of Survival and apply the BLS concepts of the Chains of Survival
• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
• Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
• Provide effective ventilation by using a barrier device
• Describe the importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for an adult, a child, and an infant.

Course Intended Audience:

This course is designed for healthcare providers and trained first responders who provide care to patients in a wide variety of settings or by those in a healthcare training program.

Course Card (issued upon successful course completion):

IVE BLS Provider eCard

AHA provider eCards are available for purchase only to authorized AHA Training Center Coordinators. Training Centers are responsible for allocating and/or monitoring eCards for Training Sites.

Replaces: 15-2804 (IVE BLS Provider Manual)

ISBN: 978-1-61669-848-5